2 hours ago Child among four killed after airstrike hits Lebanon's biggest hospital: Deaths come hours after IDF said Hezbollah was hiding $100millions under another clinic

Israel's bombardment of Lebanon has displaced more than 1.2million people multiple times, according to the country's authorities.

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5 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike reportedly hits hospital in Beirut’s southern suburbs

Strike appears to have hit hospital parking lot, according to hospital source Israeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago Network of Israeli citizens arrested after spying for Iran, police say

Suspects are accused of photographing and collecting information about Israeli bases and facilitiesMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli police and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency say they have arrested a network of Israeli citizens spying for Iran who allegedly provided information on military bases and conducted surveillance of individuals.The investigators claimed the network had been active for about two years. According to reports in the Israeli press, the suspects are accused of photographing and collecting information about Israeli bases and facilities, including the defence headquarters in Tel Aviv, known as the Kirya, and the Nevatim and Ramat David airbases. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Middle East crisis live: dozens of Palestinians reportedly killed in northern Gaza; Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, officials say

Palestinian news agency says at 29 killed, including children, in northern Gaza Strip; Lebanese health ministry reports multiple deaths across countryIsraeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago UN rapporteur criticises London School of Economics for 'measures' against pro

UN rapporteur criticises London School of Economics for 'measures' against pro-Gaza students  Middle East Eye

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15 hours ago Blinken heads to Mideast for 11th time since Gaza war; prospects for a truce remain uncertain

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed again to the Middle East, making his 11th trip to the region since the Gaza war erupted last year and as Israel steps up attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon

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15 hours ago Palestinians describe being used as ‘human shields’ by Israeli troops in Gaza

Detainees say they were sent into unexplored houses and tunnels before soldiers, in violation of Geneva conventionsMiddle East crisis – live updatesAfter they burned down his family home in northern Gaza, Israeli troops separated Ramez al-Skafi from his family and detained him. They had a particular job in mind for him, he said.For the next 11 days in early July, the 30-year-old Palestinian said he was sent into one house after another in his home district, Shuja’iya, watched by his Israeli military minders. According to the account he gave the Guardian, they turned him into a human shield against booby-traps and Hamas gunmen. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Iran warns UN about Israel’s threats against its nuclear sites; Israel launches strikes across Lebanon

Israel launches attacks on buildings belonging to al-Qard al-Hassan; Israeli military making life ‘impossible’ for Palestinians, UN’s human rights office saysSee all our Middle East coverageIsraeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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16 hours ago Gold hits record high as rate cuts and Middle East tensions fuel demand

Gains of 40% in the past year spark predictions of rally to $3,000 a troy ounce

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